Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder

Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder

Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder

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Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder

2015- 2015

1 Seasons

2 Episodes

6.7(3 votes)

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Crime

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Four hundred years ago, hundreds of innocent people were killed as an obsession to stamp out Satanism swept the British Isles. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the events of this dark period in our history.

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